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submission guidelines

UPDATED AUGUST 2, 2019

This tag is dedicated to beginners to programming, development, networking, or to a particular language. Everything should be geared towards that!

For Questions...

Consider using this tag along with #help, if...

You are new to a language, or to programming in general,
You want an explanation with NO prerequisite knowledge required.
You want insight from more experienced developers.

Please do not use this tag if you are merely new to a tool, library, or framework.

See also, #explainlikeimfive

For Articles...

Posts should be specifically geared towards true beginners (experience level 0-2 out of 10).
Posts should require NO prerequisite knowledge, except perhaps general (language-agnostic) essentials of programming.
Posts should NOT merely be for beginners to a tool, library, or framework.

If your article does not meet these qualifications, please select a different tag.

Promotional Rules

Posts should NOT primarily promote an external work. This is what Listings is for.
Otherwise accepable posts MAY include a brief (1-2 sentence) plug for another resource at the bottom.
Resource lists ARE acceptable if they follow these rules:
- Include at least 3 distinct authors/creators.
- Clearly indicate which resources are FREE, which require PII, and which cost money.
- Do not use personal affiliate links to monetize.
- Indicate at the top that the article contains promotional links.

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#datascience #python #beginners #programming

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#datascience #python #beginners #programming

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Jan 21

Imbalanced Datasets: When Your Model Gets 99% Accuracy by Being Completely Useless

#datascience #python #beginners #programming

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Jan 21

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#datascience #python #beginners #programming

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Jan 21

Normalization vs Standardization: The Tale of Two Translators Who Speak Different Languages

#datascience #python #beginners #programming

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Jan 21

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#datascience #python #beginners #programming

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Feb 24

Build Your First AI Agent: Ace Your Dev Job Search

#ai #career #python #beginners

11 min read

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Jan 21

Handling Categorical Variables: Teaching Your Model to Understand "Red," "Blue," and "Green" Without Having a Mental Breakdown

#datascience #python #beginners #programming

11 min read

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Jan 21

One-Hot Encoding: The Genius Trick That Works Perfectly Until It Explodes Your Computer

#datascience #python #beginners #programming

11 min read

Feb 23

Building AI Agents in TypeScript with the Strands Agents SDK

#aws #ai #beginners #productivity

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Feb 24

The Portfolio Paradox. Why Listing More Side Projects Is Killing Your Developer Job Search

#career #portfolio #resume #beginners

3 min read

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Feb 24

I Built 27 Browser Games in 2 Weeks — Here's What I Learned About Shipping Fast

#gamedev #javascript #beginners #productivity

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Feb 24

How to Send Contact Form Submissions to WhatsApp (No Backend Required)

#webdev #beginners #tutorial

2 min read

Jan 20

Hooks: How to Put Guardrails on Your AI Coding Assistant

#tutorial #claudecode #productivity #beginners

4 min read

Muhammad Usman Tahir

Jan 21

Why My S3 Object URL Still Gave Access Denied (And How I Fixed It)

#aws #cloud #s3 #beginners

2 min read

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